-Caveat Lector- ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: "Linda Muller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dear Brigade, "Immigration and Naturalization Service managers notified lawmakers last week that, because of a computer system miscommunication, they had exceeded the congressionally imposed cap of 115,000 H-1B visas for the year ended Sept. 30 by 10,000 to 20,000...A spokesman for Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., said Gorton hoped the agency's mistake would not be used to penalize high-technology companies and their workers... The cap was lifted from 65,000 workers last year...Revocation would be "unfair and inhumane," said Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, who has introduced legislation to increase the high-tech visa allotment to 200,000 annually over the next three years..."You can't cut off that pipeline," said ITAA Vice President Renee Winsky, citing Labor Department projections that the industry will need 140,000 new workers a year over the next decade..." - AP column That is right Brigade, they want to raise the cap to 200,000 NEW visas EACH year and some want to remove the cap altogether. Here's what Pat has to say: "Who is the American economy for, if not the American people? And which comes first -- our countrymen or the Global Economy? The H-1B program should be phased out, which would force Silicon Valley to do what it ought to have been doing for a decade -- hiring, training and promoting Americans." -- Pat Buchanan - August 18, 1998 GO PAT GO!!!!!!!!!!! Linda ---------------------------------------- INS mistakenly issues high-tech visas to thousands of foreigners Wednesday, October 13, 1999 By MICHELLE MITTELSTADT - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON -- The federal immigration service mistakenly doled out as many as 20,000 visas to foreigners with high-tech skills during the just-ended fiscal year, prompting angry complaints from Congress. Immigration and Naturalization Service managers notified lawmakers last week that, because of a computer system miscommunication, they had exceeded the congressionally imposed cap of 115,000 H-1B visas for the year ended Sept. 30 by 10,000 to 20,000. The mistake is the "latest self-inflicted wound by the agency's inept management," Rep. Lamar Smith, R-Texas, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee's immigration panel, said yesterday. Smith is pushing a plan to replace INS with separate service and immigration enforcement agencies. INS is contracting with an independent auditor to determine exactly how many extra visas were issued, agency spokeswoman Maria Cardona said yesterday. The error occurred when visa approval numbers from the four INS service centers that process H-1B applications didn't get into the agency's main computer system in Washington that tracks totals, she said. "They can blame system errors or the computer. They can blame anything they want, but ultimately this is an agency that cannot count," Smith spokesman Allen Kay said. INS officials declined to discuss options for dealing with the problem. But agency spokeswoman Elaine Komis said, "We're trying to find a resolution that first of all is permissible by law and second of all that will cause the least possible inconvenience to both current and future H-1B employers and beneficiaries." Congressional aides said INS managers have floated several ideas, including reducing this year's allotment by the amount of the 1999 overage or revoking visas issued after the 115,000 cap was reached. A spokesman for Sen. Slade Gorton, R-Wash., said Gorton hoped the agency's mistake would not be used to penalize high-technology companies and their workers. Microsoft Corp. was among the major proponents of easing visa limitations on high-tech workers. The cap was lifted from 65,000 workers last year. Revocation would be "unfair and inhumane," said Sen. Phil Gramm, R-Texas, who has introduced legislation to increase the high-tech visa allotment to 200,000 annually over the next three years. "There has to be a better way," he said. The Information Technology Association of America, a Virginia-based industry group that is pressing to increase the H-1B cap, agreed. "You can't cut off that pipeline," said ITAA Vice President Renee Winsky, citing Labor Department projections that the industry will need 140,000 new workers a year over the next decade. Sen. Spencer Abraham, R-Mich., chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee's immigration panel, suggested to INS Commissioner Doris Meissner that the overage be applied to previous years in which the entire visa allotment was not used. Reducing this year's allocation "would cause me grave concerns," Abraham wrote to Meissner. "I do not believe the INS possesses the statutory authority to shift visas from one year to the next." © 1999 The Associated Press. --------------- end ------------------ Spread the word -- forward this email across the USA! ********************************************** Don't Miss Out - Join the BRIGADE Email List! 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